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PATENTED DEC. 11% 1904.

U. B. STUART.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1904.

NO MODEL Patented December 13, 1904.

NITED STATES PATENT Urrrcu.

ULYSSES B. STUART, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OTTO ARMBRUSTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N0. 777,645, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215,150. (No model.)

To all who/7t it 'ntrty concern:

Be it known that I, ULYssns B. STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phila delphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Signs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in signs, and has for its object to to provide a sign in which the characters are outlined by transparent bodies through which the light may pass; and a further object of my invention is to so construct the sign that said transparent bodies may be of different color and may be changed at any time desired and the sign may be easilymanufactured at a comparatively small cost.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combi- 2o nation of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appcrtains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of 0 a sign, showing one letter, a portion of one of the plates being broken away to show the transparent bodies upon the interior; Fig. 2, a vertical section through the sign; Fig. 3, a vertical section through one of the globular 3 5 receptacles; Fig. i, a vertical section through a sign, showing the same used in connection with ground glass; Fig. 5, a detail section showing the sign composed of one single perforated sheet; Fig. 6, a rear view of the construction shown in Fig. 5.

Arepresents two plates separated a distance from one another and secured together around their outer edge and at certain portions through the center of the sign, if desired.

These two plates are perforated to represent the characters desired, said perforations B being opposite one another in each plate.

C represents receptacles made of glass or other transparent waterproof material, and

these receptacles have a globular body C, 5 which body is larger in diameter than the perforations B. Each of the receptacles is provided with a neck C, through which they are filled, and after the receptacles are filled they are sealed with a cork or other means G These receptacles are placed between the two plates A, so that the globular portions 0 project through the perforations B and are held in position thereby. When the plates are secured together, the necks (.1 lie in between the plates and i'nay project in any manner desired, as they are out of sight and hidden by the opaque plates A. Thus each receptacle may be lilled with a different-colored liquid, if desired, and an attractive sign can 5 be made up in this way, as each receptacle forms a lens through which the light passes and the refraction of the light gives the appearance as if each globule was a jewel having a number of facets.

It will be seen that if any of the globules should become broken or if it is desired to change the color of the liquid within the receptacles the sign may be easily repaired or changed by simply ren'ioving one of the plates A, when the receptacles can be removed and refilled or other receptacles placed therein, as desired.

In Fig. at I have shown how the sign could be used by placing a ground glass in front of 30 the sign. I) is the casing, in which the sign containing the bulbs is placed by sliding within grooves. E is a sheet of ground glass secured in the casing in front of the sign, and at the rear the sign is separated from the light 5 compartment by means of a sheet of clear glass F, and the light shining through the bulbs and thrown upon the ground glass produces an exceedingly beautiful effect.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a manner in 9 which a sign may be constructed of only one perforated opaque sheet, the bulbs being socured back of said sheet by means of straps Ur, passing around the neck of the bulbs and pasted or otherwise secured to the back of the 95, sheet. In this manner the bulbs can also be held upright, for when the bulbs are closed by ordinary corks the alcohol contained in the bulbs is apt to eat away the cork and allow the same to leak.

Of course while I have described this as a sign it is obvious that ornamentations may be made in the same manner, as any kind of scrolls or designs may be worked out by the proper arrangement of the perforations.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is 1. In a sign of the character described, two plates arranged and secured at a distance from one another, said plates being perforated to represent the characters or design, the perforations being opposite and in alinement with one another in each plate. globular transparent receptacles filled with liquid interposed between the two plates and extending partially through the perforations, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the character described, two plates arranged and secured at a distance from one another, said plates being perforated to represent the characters or design, the perforations in both plates being in alinement and directly opposite one another, globular transparent waterproof receptacles arranged between the plates and extending partially through the perforations upon each side, said globular receptacles being larger in diameter than the perforations, each receptacle provided with an opening through which the same may be filled with liquid, and means for sealing each receptacle after it is filled, as specified.

3. In a device of the character described, two plates removably secured at a distance from one another, each of said plates perforated to represent the characters or design, said perforations in each plate being directly opposite one another, receptacles of transparent waterproof material, each receptacle having a globular body of a larger diameter than the perforations, said receptacles adapted to be placed between the plates so that the globular body will protrude through the perforations a distance upon each side, each receptacle provided with a neck through which the same may be filled with liquid, and means for sealing said neck after the receptacle has been filled, as specified.

4. In a sign of the character described, an opaque perforated support, globular transparent receptacles filled with liquid secured to said support so that the globular portions of said receptacles fit within the perforations so as to extend partially therethrough, as specified.

5. In a device of the character described, a flat support, said support being perforated to represent the characters or design, globular transparent waterproof receptacles secured upon said support and extending partially through the perforations, said globular receptacles being larger in diameter than the perforations, each receptacle provided with a neck through which the same may be filled, means for sealing each receptacle after it is filled, and means for holding the receptacles upright and secure to the support, as specified.

6. In a sign of the character described, a casing, a flat support adapted to be held within said casing, said support provided with perforations to represent the character or design, transparent globular waterproof receptacles secured to said support, said receptacles being filled with liquid, the globular portions of the receptacles extending partially through the perforations, lights contained within the casing at the rear of the support, a pane of glass separating the support and the lights, a pane of ground glass secured in the casing in front of the support, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two sub-' scribing witnesses.

ULYSSES B. STUART. Vitnesses:

OTTO ARMBRUSTER, L. W. MoRRIsoN. 

